Thx for the replyI have the Ashen Star books, and there is no extensive racial creation guide in it.I started experimenting with using the Mutant City Blues book for racial creation: There in is stated that you can create a human officer that has no mutant powers. He gets no mutant powers, but he gets an extra 9 build points to spend on general abilities. I rounded it up to 10, and did the math: 1 general skill point is equal to 4 points of mutant powers.

An investigative power costs 1 point, and a General Power costs 4 points. You can play with these numbers by adding an advantage or disadvantage to that power (-/+25% point cost for each disadvantage/advantage). And I made some new powers up by using the power fomat in the book. I use the following formula: 40 – (Sum of all powers)) / 4 = extra build points. The result of that calculation I called the Racial Modifier:

Andorians:The Andorians come froma clan based society in which the dual of honor, the Ushaan, was introduced toend centuries of clan wars. Their ice bound home world has bred a hardy racewho were instrumental in the founding of the Federation, despite a previouslyvolatile relationship with the Vulcans.

Racial Modifier: +5SpecialAbilities:Redundant Circulation (ColdImmunity R4 = 16 pt): The Andorians have a twin-layeredcirculatory system protecting them against the cold.

Antennae(Environmental Awareness R2 = 2 pt): The Andorianantennae serve to grant the members of this race a kind of “extra” sense.New power: ColdImmunityuse the rule format of Radiation Immunity but for cold (made up some new extreme temperature rules that damage when exposed))

Trill:The Trill (or Trills) are a humanoid species native to the planetTrill. A smallpercentage of the Trill population co-existed with a sentient symbioticorganism known as a symbiont inside their bodies. The resulting joined Trills had personalitieswhich were a synthesis of the two beings including the memories, and to someextent the personalities, of the previous hosts of the symbiont.Racial Modifier: Varies (+7 for 1 previous host)

SpecialAbilities:

Symbiont(Joined Trill only, Symbiont Rating Varies ): Thecharacter is joined with a symbiont, this combines the knowledge and traits ofboth personalities.New Power: Symbiont = For every 3 Ratings you have a previous host. The rating also describeshow much you remember of those old lives. You can spend Symbiont points in anytest (investigative or General) in which the memories of an old host areimportant, gaining 1 point points for every 3 Symbiont points spent. Thecharacter can make a 30 min meditation (Rite of Emergence) to increase doubleits effects, but he increases the spend for any interaction skill by 1.

Oh, I see. I'm sorry, I thought you were talking about "monsters" not new PC aliens. My apologies. These look pretty good. Perhaps they will create something like this if they make a general GUMSHOE system book. I'm sure this could apply to a lot of other settings besides Sci-fi.